You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it. I designed the Machine to detect acts of terror but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people. People like you. Crimes the government considered “irrelevant.” They wouldn’t act so I decided I would. But I needed a partner. Someone with the skills to intervene. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You’ll never find us. But victim or perpetrator, if your number is up, we’ll find you.

Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese (Jim Caviezel), who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch (Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

When Reese's skills are noticed by Carter (Taraji P. Henson), a NYPD detective, and Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman), a police officer who Reese uses to his advantage, they investigate the crimes together and find that the right person, information, and at the right time, is able to change everything. Creators J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk (Lost) have done it a great service to unveil this action packed thriller to the networks.

Reese and Finch try to protect a psychologist whose unorthodox methods for helping his patients find closure could cost him dearly. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Finch's fragile state in the days following the bombing that killed his best friend, Nathan Ingram.

Totally love this show great cast awesome!! writing. My favorite character in the series absolutely John Reese. And later the other characters were or are developing better and better. Finch, Lionel, Taraji Henson all great. Read more

4x16: Blunt recap: Reese takes up surveillance on the team's new Number, Harper Rose. Finch confirms that Harper is an anthropology major from upstate New York, recently returned from study and travel aboard. He notes that the Machine gave them Harper's college ID number instead of her SSN. Also, Harper put in a request for a transfer to a single. As Finch checks it out, Reese spots Harper switch backpacks and follows her. Meanwhile, Finch finds Bear chewing one of his expensive shoes... read more.

4x14: Guilty recap: Finch and Reese meet at a restaurant, and Finch confirms that he hasn't heard from Root and there's nothing new on Sam. He's checked the backlog of Numbers that they missed when Samaritan was attacking and discovered that most of them are dead or locked up for the crimes the team failed to prevent. Reese has found three Numbers that all disappeared during the same 48-hour period, and is trying to determine if they're connected. Finch admits that he'll be busy because in his alternate identity, he's been called for jury duty. Reese assures him that he and Fusco can handle any Numbers that come up in the meantime. Finch suggests that they leave Fusco out of their operations since he has no protection against Samaritan, and Reese agrees that they shouldn't bring anyone into it... read more.

4x12: Control-Alt-Delete recap: The Machine reviews its encounters with Samaritan, Control, and Sam sacrificing herself to save her friends. It then listens as Root and Reese prepare to get Sam back... read more.